TEST: Do you know of the Litterati and the Glitterati

TEST: Do you know of the Litterati and the Glitterati

ROBERT
C O L L E G E
A L U M N I
M A G A Z I N E
TEST: Do you know of the Litterati and the Glitterati? See page 38
CONTENTS
Alumni Association News
Page 6
Bizim Tepe
Sayfa 9
• Students
RC students continue to make
history during the 125th year...
Page 12
• Alumni Association
Alumni Artists and Writers
Exhibition
Page 14
• Söyleşi
Altemur Kılıç, Neşe Erberk ile
Kolej'in eski ve yeni günlerini
konuştu
Sayfa 18
Fund Raising
Page 22
• Faculty
3 kuşak Kolej'in en disiplinli hocası
olarak anılan Fatma Banat ile
öğrencisi Evin İlyasoğlu görüştü.
Sayfa 25
Reunions
Page 26
Alumni News / Obit
T
he 1988 - 89 Academic year at Robert College was also
the 125th year of the school. It was, just like another year,
busy, stimulating and challenging! In this issue you will find
an account by headmaster Harry Dawe on what this year's
Robert College students have been up to, as well as their
comments on the 125th Year Commencement Day.
The most significant event in this celebration year has
probably been the Alumni Artists and Writers Exhibition
organized by the Alumni Association. Bringing together a
cross section of about 150 alumni for this
unique exhibition in the new Science
Building was quite a feat. It was admired
and praised by all who visited it. Read
about it on page 14.
RC is entering the next "125 years" this
fall with three new buildings on the
Arnavutkôy campus. The Gym, Science and
Theater Buildings are in the process of
being equipped and will have an official opening when they
become operational. The building project is being funded
through the generosity of RC alumni and friends. Supportive
graduates are playing a crucial role in the success of other fund
raising drives begun this year. One is the Annual Giving
Campaign, and the other is a Scholarship Project built around
the visit of former headmaster Neil Bull, by his Robert
Academy students (p. 22).
Reunions are the biggest news in this issue of R C Q (p. 26).
Let us know if you are planning one. Friends all around the
world are interested to keep abreast of the latest in your life.
R C Q is being mailed free of charge to about 7000 members of
the Robert College Community. Support us: Drop us a line, the
Winter issue is already in the works.
Page 32
Leyla Aktay
Test
Alumni
and
Development
Office
Page 38
Yayın Kurulu:
Deniz Alphan ACG'67. Suay Aksoy RC yük72.
Leyla Aktay RC'72. Sema Ozsoy ACG'67.
Cahit Düzel RA'65. Nilgûn Güresin ACG'69.
Evin ilyasoğlu ACG'69, Ayla Sevand ACG'64.
Mete Taşkıran RC55.
Alumni Journal
published for 7000
members of the RC
community
graduates, students,
faculty,
administration,
parents and friends.
RCQ, FALL 1989
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Sahibi
Nihal PULAT
Yayınlayan
Mart Ajans 178 07 72
Robert College P.O. Box 1
Amavutköy-tstanbul Tel: 165 34 30
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The Company
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Drinks.
The Procter & Gamble Company in Turkey is Mintax San. A.$.. Mintax is one of Turkey's
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Mintax Deterjan San. A.Ş.
İnönü Caddesi No. 206 Sefaköy/lstanbul
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A L U M N I ASSOCIATION NEWS
A Taste of
19th Century
Istanbul
On the occasion of the
125th year celebrations
of Robert College the
Turkish Cuisine Research
and Promotion Group of
the Alumni Association
has organized an authen­
tic Istanbul Konak Wed­
ding Ceremony of the
early nineteen hundreds.
Under the chairmanship
of Neşet Eren and Mergube Göknil, the Group,
with the enthusiastic and
effective assistance of
Mualla Mezhepoğlu,
Ayşe Sümer and Nazan
Ağaç, was able to obtain
authentic costumes of the
early 1900s actually worn
at weddings. They found
from old survivors actual
eye witness accounts of
the ceremonies. They
were also lucky in find­
ing musicians who could
perform the music played
Outcome
of Another
First
Years ago the Hon. Nuri
The Wedding Party
at old weddings.
Mrs. Mualla Ulug was
most generous in her
contribution of the old
family costumes from her
rich collection.
The most fascinating as­
pect of the ceremony was
provided by the
grandchildren of the last
Vezir, Tevfik Paşa, Jülide
and Ahmet Okday who
wore their ancestors'
dresses. The Bridegroom
wore the uniform of
Grand Admiral Rauf Orbay. The renowned fami­
ly of the Bektaşi order,
Nafi Baba of which Mrs.
Eren is a direct descen­
dant was represented by a
great granddaughter as
the mother of the Bride,
Mrs. Gülgün Canlı. Mrs.
Nuran Erol wore the
dress of first ambassa­
dress of Turkey to the
Austrian Court in Vienna.
A l l the wedding group
wore the dresses of their
grandmothers. The cere­
mony ended with the tra­
ditional Turkish wedding
meal.
The wedding, was widely
reported in the press and
covered extensively by
both channels <>l ılır
R C Q ,F A L L .1989 6
Eren RC'34, Nezih Neyzi
R C 4 4 , Nejat Eczacibasi
R C 3 2 and Sadun Katipoglu
ACG'34 joined
hands to found the Eco­
nomic and Social Studies
Conference Board. As
time went by the Confe­
rence Board, as the organ­
ization came to be known
for short, held annual in­
ternational
conferences
in Istanbul, bringing to­
gether many scholars and
businessmen to discuss
current topics relevant to
Turkey's situation.
Along with these confe­
rences, there arose the
Turkish television.
Mrs. Eren is grateful for
the many acknowledge­
ments she received for
the Cuisine Group for or­
ganizing this unique oc­
casion.
Senior Club
T h e Alumni Association
is at work on a new pro­
ject that will interest all
RC graduates. Another
addition to the many Col­
lege "firsts" is the AA
plan to establish a Senior
Club, where all members
can enjoy their mature
years in companionship.
I In- name Senior Club is
.i pro\ isional appellation
M nil h will be used until a
iiru alternative is found.
I hi i lub's specifications,
A L U M N I ASSOCIATION NEWS
need for simultaneous
conference
interpreta­
tions - something that was
non-existent in Turkey in
those years. With the ini­
tiative of the Conference
Board, Mme. Wagner was
contacted in Switzerland
and she trained the very
first Turkish conference
intepreters in her country.
Later a better formula was
developed. Annually, she
came to Istanbul to train
larger numbers.
Among the early trainees
were Dilek Basmacı Erzik
RC Yük'65, Ibrahim Betil
RC'64,
Zühtü
Sezer
RC'68, Nur Seden Camat
ACG'53, Fügen Çeltekli
Seyrek A C G RC'65 RC
Yük'69, Nigâr Alemdar
ACG'66, Hasan Akbelen
RC'66, Zeynep Bekdik
RC Yük'70, and Belgin
Pektaş Dolay RC'65.To­
day there are about 25
practising conference in­
terpreters
in
Turkey
working in two different
professional
organisa­
tions, both offsprings of
Alumni Interpreters serving the President: Nur Seden Camat
and Figen Celtekli Seyrek
based on the findings of
an opinion study and re­
quests from members,
will be as follows:
• At most 30-40 minutes
away from Istanbul
• A verdant, attractive
setting in the countryside
• Each unit of 40-45 m2
to consist of 1 bedroom,
1 sitting room, bathroom
and kitchenette.
• Common social facili­
ties, such as restaurant,
game rooms, swimming
pool, tennis courts etc.
and more important than
these, a health and fitness
center, and infirmary
with doctor, nurse and
first aid equipment.
• A l l services and utili­
ties of both common area
and homes to be central­
ised.
The age limit was kept
quite flexible, starting
with '69 and already 350
applications have been
lodged.
buy raffle tickets and
managed to win the prize
They will devise a fur­
ther competition among
themselves to determine
the lucky couple.
The evening brought in
funds for the Alumni As­
sociation. It was decided
Mid summer
Night's
Dream
The annual RC Alumni
Association's Midsum­
mer Night's Dream was
held on July 27th. Over
350 alumni and friends
attended the event which
took place at Yenikoy
SamdanSa. The attraction
of the night was the Sin­
gapore Airline's raffle
donation of a trip for two
and a week long stay in
Singapore. With expected
RC ingenuity five tables
pooled their resources to
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F A L L 1989
7
the original group of inter­
preters the Economic and
Social Studies Confer­
ence Board introduced to
Turkey. Both organiza­
tions heavily rely on gra­
duates. Aside from the
names mentioned above,
Rita
Gabay
A_ktay
ACG'48
and Nora Sirmen ACG'46 are also
well-known names in the
field.
Among the hundreds of
conferences
interpreted
by alumnae and alumni in­
terpreters the most memo­
rable ones for Nur Cemat
and her group, the U K T
(International Conference
Interpreters), is of course
accompanying President
Kenan Evren on a state
visit to the Arab Emirates
and interpreting for Tur­
kish businessmen during
their official visit to Ja­
pan.
to give TL 5 Million of the
money raised to aid the
Turks deported from B u l ­
garia.
"Teamwork is key to successful banking"
Bülent Şenver-Turkish Banker of the Year a n d General Manager of Pamukbank
W h e n i t c o m e s t o t e a m w o r k P a m u k b a n k k n o w s best. O u r b a n k i n g
s u c c e s s e s stem from o u r ability t o w o r k t o g e t h e r for a n d with o u r
clients a t h o m e a n d a b r o a d .
P r o v i d i n g a q u a l i t y s e r v i c e is as m u c h p a r t of o u r t r a d i t i o n as the
p i o n e e r i n g b a n k i n g d e v e l o p m e n t s w e a r e k n o w n for. W e offer the
most a d v a n c e d t e c h n o l o g y a n d i n n o v a t i v e systems a v a i l a b l e i n
today's world of banking.
Small w o n d e r that our g e n e r a l m a n a g e r r e c e i v e d the c o v e t e d " B a n ­
ker of the Y e a r " A w a r d for 1987. True testimony to our drive for
e x c e l l e n c e in client service.
S o w h e n y o u c o m e a n d talk t o P a m u k b a n k y o u k n o w y o u h a v e the
B a n k e r of the Y e a r h e a d i n g a diligent a n d a m b i t i o u s t e a m to serve
y o u r interest best.
PAMUKBANK
The good bank of Turkey
For more information a n d a c o p y of our a n n u a l report please contact Pamukbank T.A.S. International
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BiziM T E P E
Tüm Mezun ve Bizim Tepe
üye çocuklarının kaynaştığı,
oynadığı, el becerilerini
sergilediği küçücük bir köy,
Bizim Köy...
Bizim Köy'ün
Çocukları
uruluşundan
bu yana 4 yılı
geride bırakan
"Bizim Köy",
• bir kez daha
çocuklarla kucaklaşmanın
sevincini yaşadı. Bizim
Tepe'nin yemyeşil ağaçla­
rı altında tasadan, tehlike­
den uzak, özgürlüklerini
yaşayan 4-12 yaş grubu ço­
cukları, boş zamanlarını
yaratıcı faaliyetler (kil, re­
sim, cam boyama), biraz
basket, biraz yüzme ve en
önemlisi yoğun bir arka­
daşlık ortamında değer­
lendirdiler.
K:
Center"ı kuran ve yaklaşık
20 yıl müdireliğini yapmış
olan ACG'47 mezunu psi­
kolog Nihal Pulat ve
1985'te kuruluşundan bu
yana "Bizim Köy" komite­
sinde görev yapmış olan
ACG'67 mezunu SemaÖzsoy'un üstlendiği "Bizim
Köy"ün toplam kontenjanı
25-30 çocuk civarında idi.
"Bizim Köy", isteyenlere
sezonluk, dönemlik ve gü­
nübirlik olmak üzere çeşit­
li kolaylıklar getirmekte.
Köye günübirlik giriş im­
kânı Bizim Tepe'ye gelen
üyelere rahatlık sağlaması
açısından özellikle ilgi
gördü.
İki yıldan beri Hisar Eği­
tim Vakfı şemsiyesinde fa­
aliyetlerini
sürdürmekte
1988 yılında açılamama
olan
"Bizim
sarsıntısı geçiren
Köy", bu yıl ilk
Bizim Köy, Sema
"Bizim K ö y "
kez Bizim Tepe
Özsoy ve 20 ka­
sezonluk,
üye çocuklarının
dar Kolejlinin ça­
dönercilik ve
yanı sıra, tüm
balarıyla
faali­
günübirlik
mezun çocukları­
yetlerini sürdür­
olmak üzere
na da kapılarını
müştü. Geçen yıl
açtı. Organizas­
çeşitli
Bizim
Köy'e
yon ve denetimi­
maddi ve manevi
kolaylıklar
ni Robert Kolej
destek sağlayan
getirmekte.
"Child
Study
bu grubun bir rek­
RCQ,
lam şirketinin piyasa araş­
tırma projesinde çalışarak
oluşturdukları fon 1989
yazında Bizim Köy proje­
sine katkıda bulundu. Bu­
nun yanısıra Bizim Köy
çocuklan da el becerileri­
ni yaz sonunda yarattıkla­
rı sergide satarak, her yıl
kendi projelerine destek
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9
vermektedirler. Gerek B i ­
zim Tepe üyelerinin ve ge­
rekse okul çevresinin des­
tek ve sempatisini kazan­
mış olan Bizim Köy'ün H i ­
sar Eğitim Vakfı şemsiye­
sinde daha uzun yıllar me­
zun çocuklarına hizmet
vermesi ümit edilmekte­
dir.
BiziM T E P E
Bizim Tepe
Open
Sürprizlerle
Dolu idi
izim Tepe'nin ku­
ruluşundan bu ya­
na düzenlenen B i ­
zim Tepe Open tenis kar­
şılaşmaları bu yıl oldukça
heyecanlı, neşeli, çekiş­
meli ve sürprizlerle dolu
geçti. 8-19 Ağustos tarih­
leri arasında yapılan tur­
nuvanın ilk büyük sürpri­
zi, Bizim Tepe'li olmayan
L T B üyelerinin katılmasıydı.İkinci büyük sürpriz
ise iki eski Türkiye Şampi­
yonu Filiz Tokcan ile De­
mir Ataş'ın finallerden çok
önce elenmesiydi. Turnu­
vanın en başarılı isimleri
Ülker Melek, İnci Özbekalp, Metin Gürel, Vartan
Tetikbaş ve Şenol Ergun'du. En centilmen te­
nisçi ise, Kaya Karamehmet'ti.
Teknik sonuçlara gelince:
Tek bayanlarda; Ülker
Melek İnci Özbekalp'i 2-1
yenip birinci oldu.
Çift bayanlar: 1. Hale
Ugan-Filiz Tokcan / Ayşe
Ayan-Ayşe
Bilginsoy.
Karışık çiftler: 1. Figen
Akçay- Metin Gürel, 2.
Orhan Ataş-Ülker Melek,
Bayanlar
(45
üstü):
l.Sürhay Resmor 2- Ziya
Işıküstün (45 altı): A
Grubu: 1. Vatan Tetik­
baş, 2. Cem Sunman B
Grubu: 1.Metin Gürel, 2.
Yaman Esin. Çiftler: 1.
Şenol Ergun-Ergun Revanbaş, 2. Mehmet Tınaz Vartan Tetikbaş.
Türk Demir
Döküm
Turnuvası
izim Tepe kortla­
rında
yapılan
Türk
Demirdöküm Tenis Turnuvası 4
Haziran günü ödül töre­
niyle sona erdi. Çekişmeli
geçen karşılaşmalar sonu­
cu derece alanlar şöyle:
Türk Demir Döküm Turnuvasında galip gelenler
ödülleriyle işte böyle poz verdiler.
45 yaş üstü ,tek erkek: 1.
Kaya Karamehmet 2. Tevfik Göksel. 45 yaş altı, tek
erkek: 1. Mehmet Ağagil
2. Zühtü Sezer. Karışık
çift: 1. Zühtü Sezer-Lâle
De marchi 2.Ülker MelekDoğan Melek. Çift erkek:
1. Nedim Ölçer-Hakan
Kök 2. Burak Pekcan-Naci
Korzay. Tek bayan: 1. Ül­
ker Melek 2. Lâle Demarchi. Çift bayan: 1. Lâle De
marchi-Nuran Ergenekon
2. Ülker Melek-Figen Veyisoğlu.
Bizim Tepe'liler, tenis
kortlarının yenilenmesindeki katkılarından ötürü
Türk Demirdöküm A.Ş. ve
Aygaz A.Ş.'e müteşekkir­
ler.
Neşeli ve
çekişmeli
geçen Bizim
Tepe Open
Tenis
Turnuvası
galipleri
bir ar ada...
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10
BiziM T E P E
Bizim Tepe
7. Yılına Girdi
izim Tepe 6.kuru­
luş yıldönümünü
23 Haziran gecesi
kutladı. Çok sayıda misa­
firin ve BT üyesinin katıl­
dığı gece kokteyl ile baş­
ladı, müzik, eğlence, ye­
mek ve dans ile sürdü. A y ­
rıca gecede ünlü sanatçı
Uğur Yücel esprileri ile
tatlı dakikalar yaşatırken,
Bizim Tepe'de iki kez sah­
neye çıkan Durul Gence
ve orkestrası müziği ile
misafirlerini geçmiş yılla­
rın romantizmine götür­
dü...
Havanın hafif serin olma­
sına karşın üyeler geç sa­
atlere kadar eğlendiler.
Uğur Yücel esprileri
ile BT'lilere neşeli
dakikalar yaşattı.
Kültür
Etkinlikleri Bir
Başkadır
Bizim Tepe'de
izim Tepe Kültür
Komitesi'nin kül­
tür ve sanat etkin­
likleri bahar ve yaz ayla­
rında sürdü. Nisan ve M a ­
yıs ayları içinde İstanbul
Madrigal Korosu, Meh­
met Dirisu yönetiminde
Harvard Üniversitesi öğrenci korosu Harvard Crocodilloes Avrupa '89 turnelerine
son anda Bizim Tepeyi de kattı. Özellikle 50'lerin hit caz parçalarını seslendiren
genç grubun sürpriz konserini, Bizim Tepeliler seneye de tekrarlatmak amacında.
konser verdi. Aynı ay için­
de
Zeliha
Berksoy'un
Brecht Kurt Weill'dan yo­
rumladığı
şarkılardan
oluşan konseri ile Erol Erdinç-Ece İyicil ikilisinin
caz gecesi izlenmeye de­
ğerdi. Ekip başkanlığını
Günseli Aksoy'un yaptığı
eski Haliç ve Bizans K i l i ­
selerini içeren "Yürüye­
rek Haliç Gezisi" ile Şeker
Bayramında düzenlenen
Göreme Gezisi kültür faa­
liyetleri içindeydi. Açık
İstanbul sinemalarını ya­
şatmak amacıyla, Kültür
Komitesi yaz aylarını kap­
sayan sinema gösterileri
de düzenledi.
Her salı ve perşembe gün­
leri mezunlar Bizim Te­
pe'de sinemanın son yapıt­
larını izlediler.
yaptığı "Erspor" takımı
şampiyon oldu.
İkinciliği Fahri Talip'in ta­
kımı "Fahspor", En cen­
tilmen Takım' kupasını ise
Emre İncekara'nm genç­
lerden kurulu "Hisarspor"
takımı aldı. Gol krallığı
kupası ise 14 gol ile Aydın
Aktay'm oldu.
Tenis ve Briç
Birarada
Yarışıyor
üny ada belki de ilk
kez Bizim Tepe'de
uygulanan bir kar­
şılaşma Tenis ve Briç mi­
xed... 4 yıldır Bizim Tepe'nin kortlarında ve ma­
salarında yapılan bu karşı­
laşmaya katılanların briç
ve tenisi çok iyi oynayabil­
Futbolda En
Büyük Erspor
F A L L 1989
2. Ferit Demren (K), İpek
Demren, A l i Yalman, Ne­
dim Tursan, Ahmet Çele­
biler, Enden Üstünsoy, En­
gin Kıratzer.
3. Namık Kökten (K), Nazan Kökten, Sam Gattennio, Rozi Gatennio, Melih
Özdil, Faik Falay, Cem
Sunman.
Tenis-Briç
Mixed'de
kazananlar
ödülleri ile
biraradalar
izim Tepe İlkba­
har Mini Futbol
Turnuvası 23 N i san-21 Mayıs tarihleri ara­
sında Bizim Tepe'de ya­
pıldı. 8 takımın katıldığı
ve oldukça çekişmeli ge­
çen maçların sonunda Er­
sin Pertan'ın kaptanlığını
RCQ,
meleri gerekiyor.
Bu yıl 24 Mayıs-9 Haziran
tarihleri arasında Parliament'in desteği ile yapılan
karşılaşmalara 12 takım
katıldı. Öğlen tenis, akşam
briç ile geçen yoğun ama
eğlenceli 4 günden sonra
ilk üçü paylaşan takımlar
ödüllerim aldı:
1- Ferihan Göksu (K),
Cem İncesulu, Safiye Bo­
ran, Nezih Kubaç, Mesut
Karadeniz, Sürhay Resmor.
11
RC is
still
making
history
The 1988-89 school year has been a special
one, not only for this year's graduates, but for
everyone in the entire RC community, past
and present, because it was the College's
125th anniversary. "Robert College is still
making history", says headmaster Harry
Dawe, and the activities of this past year
indicate that life at RC is just as
situmulating as ever:
HEADMASTER'S REPORT ON T H E 88-89 ACADEMIC YEAR
"
O
ne of the main
events of the
fall term was
the tri-annual
visit
of
Ministry inspectors. Their report, as
expected, was a positive one. The
major criticism was to note the
crowded conditions in Bingham,
where the Orta Division is housed,
and the dormitories. Fortunately,
the new buildings will soon provide
additional space to address the
problem of over crowding.
The second event was a dramatic
one, with a group of English language
plays being staged in December by the
Drama Club under the direction of
Commencement
Day speaker Refik
Erduran RC'47,
with Lycee
Director Ayfer
Yeniçağ, Turkish
Director Mehmet
Çamoğlu and
Head of School
Harry Dawe
R C Q , FALL1989
Mrs.iz. As always, the plays were
contemporary, spirited and well acted.
In the spring the Drama Club took its
show "on the road" to the Izmir
see the place from whence come these
gifted math students.
A l l athletic teams were in full
swing, and a resurgence of interest
was shown in football, capped by the
Orta 3's, as they move from being stu­
dents to becoming graduates. The
spirit of this class was unified,
positive and appropriately nostalgic,
even before they left. Their final party
at Bizim Tepe, to which parents and
faculty were invited, was an event to
remember, as was their singing of
"Those were the days" at the final
assembly -this song is fast becoming
a new tradition- held in the new social
forum for the first time."
_
.
COMMENCEMENT DAY'89
American School Arts Festival. The
drama club is alive and well and will
have a new lease on life when the new
theater, expanding the current
program, will restore the school's
great theatrical tradition of the past
and perhaps even surpass it. In the
spring, two Turkish plays were
presented -written by a studentwhich won a regional prize.
Throughout the year we were regaled
by Folk Dancing Club performances,
the club activities having recently
been rejuvenated, and the Maze saw a
stunning performance by Orta 3
students of Turkish and English
poetry readings.
The Model United Nations Team
made its annual visit to the Hague to
participate in the annual simulation,
and next year Robert College will
host another ECIS sponsored event an environment conference for eighty
foreign sutudents. This year both the
Senior and Junior Math teams won
the cup at the annual ECIS math
competition and Korhan Giirkan
came first in the individual ranking.
Naxt spring, that event will be held
for the first time at Robert College,
which will provide an opportunity for
students and teachers from Europe to
Graduation took place on Sunday,
June 11, 1989 this year. The
ceremony, with all due pomp and
circumstance, confirmed that in its
125th year, the Robert College spirit
is alive, well and continues to thrive.
Some of the contemporary events
may
be
different
but
as
commencement speaker, writer Refik
Erduran RC'47 remarked, the thread
of continuity between generations of
RC alumni is strongly evident. "I see a
little bit of myself in all of you" said
Erduran who encouraged the class of
'89 to "break out of the mold" as long
as it did not cause harm to anyone.
Democracy; an attention getting
subject was the theme of Headmaster
Harry Dawe's graduation speech.
Stating that democracy can be
achieved "only where there already
exists a rich and healthy political
culture" he continued by saying what
many students, faculty, alumni and
friends already believe deep in their
hearts, that "RC is an ideal microcasm
for this to be learned."
The immense ties of affection and
loyalty felt for the College by this
years graduating students are best
expressed by themselves.
Ba§ar Basaran: Knowing that my
seven years at Robert College would
come to an end some day has always
scared me. But when the day came, it
was full of fun and I felt proud,
A l i Riza Saniikoglu: At the end of
such a long time which passed so
swiftly, I find that my education has
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given me the self-confidence to face
the unknown future without fear.
Alimirza Önder: I entered this
school after an examination lasting
100 minutes 7 years ago, and now I
am leaving after another examination
lasting 180 minutes. I will never
forget this campus where I spent the
most influential years of my life.
Aylin Özsoy: The hardest part
about leaving is to part from my
friends of 7 years standing. I will
never find such firm friendships
between 140 people ever again. We
all know that we shall never find a
school like this one.
Tunç Cerrahoğlu: If only we need
never part, but could launch into life
hand in hand. Since a young age we
have lived in close
proximity, and know
one another better than
anyone else. I hope that
those who are going
abroad to study will not
forget what they owe to
the homeland which
raised them and avoid
the brain drain. In order
to achieve the level of Tunç
civilisation
which Cerrahoğlu
Atatürk envisaged, this
country needs people like us who
have received such a fine education.
Özgür Özbey: I cannot believe that
I am leaving. I feel as if I will be back,
my attachment to the school is so
strong. I would like to have left a
permanent trace behind me, and
regret not doing so.
Sinem Eryılmaz: I do not feel as if
something were ending. I am not
sorry to be leaving. On the contrary I
feel stronger and more selfconfident. As an individual I can now
proceed on my own.
Harry Dawe
A L U M N I ASSOCIATION
Celebration of
RC Creativity
The highlight of the commemora­
tive program for the 125th year of Ro­
bert College, was the Exhibit in
which the Alumni Association of Ro­
bert College presented to the RC
community a cross section of "Kolejlis" whom the school has introduced
to Turkey and the world. Works by
RC alumni artists, writers, and jour­
nalists were represented in an out­
standing exhibition at the school dur­
ing May.In its long history, Robert
College has nurtured many "firsts"
for Turkey, and this exhibition was
comprised of the works of "Kolejli"
writers of fiction and non-fiction,
journalists, translators, artists and
photographers.
As headmaster Harry Dawe re­
marked, "The success of an educa­
tional institution should be measured
in terms of the accomplishments of its
graduates in their lives. " Mr.Dawe's
comment on the exhibition spoke for
us all: "This exhibit is a stunning ma­
nifestation of the profound success of
Robert College, for it shows the tangi­
ble accomplishments of its graduates
in artistic and intellectual fields, and
is a true measure of that creative spir­
it which had its initial spark at Robert
Collge or the American College for
Girls. The Robert College of today is
pleased to honor those graduates in a
way in which the products of their
creativity and accomplishments have
come home to where it all began.
The spirit of Robert College has
lived for 125 years. It is alive today in
Nigâr Alemdar
The Alumni Association is
thankful to all those
who played a part in
organising the exhibition,
but most of all wishes to
express gratitude to lpek
Aksügür Düben ACG'61
a professional painter
who put the art section
into shape in record time,
and saved the daw
Güler Vafi,
Dorothy h
Dilber Kamhi, İpek Aksüğür Düben
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this event, which in itself is a vibrant
example of the continuing vitality of
that spirit.
I would also like to express our
appreciation to the Alumni Associa­
tion, in particular to Nigâr Alemdar
and Fatma Karakurt who with the
help of Ayşe Doğruer, Güler Vafi,
Ayşe Sümer, Cihan Baysal, Sema
Ozsoy and Nihal Pulat, deserve the
thanks of the entire school community
for conceiving and bringing to reality
this splendid event during our 125th
Anniversary Year. "
This exhibition was intended not
just as a commemorative event but to
inspire the young graduates and cur­
rent students who visited it to seek
their individual field of creativity and
achievement.
The new science building was a
symbolic setting for this magnificent
display of achievement, for through
the history of the College the aim
has been to balance the arts
and sciences.
Although RC is not a school of
fine arts, more than 50 painters, ceramicists, sculptors, and photograph­
ers participated. Of the some 100
contributing writers of non-fiction
and fiction, journalists and transla­
tors, the largest sub-group was that of
non-fiction writers, comprising ofeconomists, medical doctors, engi­
neers, psychologists, sociologists and
historians, some with numerous
books, articles and papers to their
credit. Many playwrights as well as
The biographies
of the alumni
contributors to
the RC 125th
year Book and
Art Exhibit were
compiled in a
bilingual text and
a limited edition
was printed for
the occasion.
Visiting Trustees,
(from the left)
Barbara
Lawrence,
Wilson Binger,
Homer Byington,
Timothy Childs,
and
Nigar Alemdar
translators of plays turned out to be
RC alumni.
In addition to the already wellknown names, the event enabled the
Alumni Association Board to dis­
cover those who reside outside Istan­
bul and overseas.
Large numbers of graduates and
their families, but most important of
all, hundreds of young RC students
and their teachers came to view the
works on display.
The guest book includes com­
ments of many visitors, from trustees
and graduates from abroad to the little
eleven-year-old Orta Preps and the
now-wiser members of the LIII class.
Jane Page, the Vice-President of
the Board of Trustees describes the
exhibit as "Marvellous!!!", while
another trustee, Wilson V.Binger,
writes, "Most impressive." Özer Esen
RC'49 comments, "Going through
the exhibit reminded me once again
what happiness it is for
me to be a "Kolejli",
while another member
of the same class,
Güner
İzer
Fansa
writes, "As we are
celebrating our 40th
reunion I have proudly
and fondly realised
that despite 125 years,
our alma mater is still
young and still produc­
tive."
in years to come." Like many other
visitors, Ipek Ongun ACG'61 ex­
presses her thanks to the organisers of
the exhibit. Lèvent K. RC'89 confes­
ses, "I was initially saddened by the
thought of graduating in ten days
time, but now I feel the pride of becom­
ing an alumnus. " And Melis Alemdar
OP wrote "It was super! I looked at the
paintings again and again, as for the
books they were terrific. How I wish
there would be such exhibits that
include more works every year. "
The event was given coverage on
TRT Channel 2's "Iyi Ak§amlar" pro­
gramme of arts and cultural events, on
May 16, 1989, going through the en­
tire alumni exhibit in the halls of the
new science building. Daily Hiirriyet
and the Turkish Marie Claire (June
1989) reported on the opening cock­
tail party. Alumna Leyla Ozcengiz
îsmier ACG'72 devoted her column
"Bir Dakika" in Hiirriyet's supple­
ment Kelebek (June 21, 1989) to the
subject.. Below is a translated ex­
tract:
"I am returning to school. To Col­
lege. Being a '72 graduate put me in
the younger alumni bracket in the per­
spective of the College's 125 years.
The first graduates have long since
joined the tossing white blossom on
her horsechestnut trees on the cam­
pus. Now new springs are blos­
soming, new signatures are making a
name. At the start of every summer
new generations educated in interna­
tional culture and thought are bidding
farewell to the pansies.
That day we came together for the
Alumni Exhibition's inauguration in
the new science building...
Many more pansies will flower to
left and right of that path, I know. And
the white blossom of the horsechestnuts will be bujfetted like feathers.
Many more generations will climb the
green hill, as they climb to all the love­
liest places in life."
At the opening
cocktail party:
(From the left)
Harry Dawe,
Feyyaz Berker,
ipek Aksüğür
Duben, Nigar
Alemdar, Birim
Bozok, Leylâ
Ozcengiz İsmier.
Writer Jak Deleon
RC70
comments,
"Dear RC, your effort
in bringing new dimen­
sions to our cultural
life shall be applauded
R C Q , FALL 1989 16
SÖYLEŞİ
Kolejli bir
Türkiye güzeli
Kapıyı
tıklatmadan
Öğretmenler
Odasına girmeyi, orada sigara-çay
içip, pasta yemeyi hayal etmek bile
korkuturdu hepimizi... İşte bu akılalmaz olayı iki kişi gerçekleştirdi.
Robert Kolejin öğretmenler odasın­
da, Altemur Kılıç RC'44 sordu, Neşe
Erberk RC'82 yanıtladı.
Altemur Kılıç - Günaydın Neşe!
Müsaadenle sana Neşe diye hitap
edeceğim, çünkü aslında kızım
olabilirdin.
Neşe Erberk - O kadar da değil ca­
nım.
A.K.- 38 yaşında kızım var.
N.E.- Ben oralara gelmedim daha...
A.K.- Tabii, biliyorum. Ama oku­
lumuzun geleneğine uyarak sana
'sister' kızkardeş diyebilirim. Çok
küçük bir kız kardeş! Kolejden
kaç yılında mezun oldun?
N.E. - '82
A.K. - Ben '44. Aramızda bir hayli
yıl farkı var. Ama bizi bağlayan
bir şey de var, 'Kolej'. Bu içinde
bulunduğumuz mekân Robert Ko­
lej. Benim zamanımda Amerikan
Kız Koleji'ydi. Başka bir havası
vardı. Değişmeyen bir şey, 'Kolejlilik Ruhu'. Meselâ, ben bir kolejli
gördüğüm zaman heyecanlanı­
rım. Kız veya erkek. Kızlar için ay­
rı heyecanlanırım, o başka. İşe bi­
risini alacaksam yahut ta bir ko­
nuşma yapıyorsak, onun kolejli ol­
ması çok manalıdır. Bilmem, sen
de aynı mı düşünüyorsun?
N.E.- Aynı şekilde. Çünkü daha de­
ğişik bir yakınlık hissediliyor. Hiç
tanımasam bile, benden çok sonra,
ya da daha önce mezun olmuş bir kişi
bile olsa, Robert Kolej ismi geçince
orada akan sular duruyor.
A . K . - Sence Kolejliğin en büyük
vasfı nedir? Kolej bize ne verir?
N.E.- Birinci özellik ki, herkes de bu­
nu bilir ve hisseder. Kendi ayaklan
üzerinde kendi gücüyle durmasını
öğretir, Kolej. Kişi mutlaka kendin­
den sorumlu olmayı ve kendi yaptığı
hareketlerin sonucuna katlanması
gerektiğini burada öğreniyor.
A . K . - Belki çok bilgi depo etmedi­
ler bize, 'hafız' ya da 'inek' yapma­
dılar fakat araştırmasını, mesuli­
yet sahibi olmamızı öğrettiler.
N.E.- Ayrı bir güzelliği de sadece
eğitim yönünden değil, sosyal yön­
den de kişiyi yetiştiriyor. Burada öğ­
renciler mutlaka bir aktiviteyle uğ­
raştıklarından içine kapanık, pısırık
olmuyor. Her zaman kendine güve­
nen, bir toplum içinde olduğunda
Mankenlik
yapmayı
hedefleyenler
için bile,
eğitimlerini
sürdürmelerini
tavsiye
edeceğim^
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F A L L 1989
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orada ortama hakim olmayı bilen k i ­
şiler oluyor. Bu ayrı bir özelliği, K o lej'in.
A.K.- Çok şey değişti Türkiye'de,
dünyada ve Kolej'de. Benim zama­
nımda başka bir tepedeydik.
N.E.- Yani şimdiki Boğaziçi Üniver­
sitesi.
A.K.- Ve burası Kız Koleji'ydi. Kız
Kolej'ine ya bir piyes sahneye koy­
mak için, ya seyretmek için, ya bir
konser izlemek ya konferansa ge­
lirdik. Bizler için çok mühimdi.
Günlerce hazırlanır ve heyecanını
çekerdik. Çünkü, göz koyduğu­
muz, beğendiğimiz biri olurdu. On­
larla ancak telefonda gayet plato­
nik, gayet temiz ilişkiler kurardık.
Onun heyecanını yaşardık. O za­
mandan beri kızlarla arkadaşlığı­
mızı temiz tutmak, rahat tutmak
bize aşılandı. Biliyorsun, bundan
40 sene evvelki Türkiye'de kadınerkek ilişkileri, kız çocuk-erkek ço­
cuk ilişkileri çok rahat değildi. Fa­
kat bizim okullarda bu toplantılar­
la, bu yakınlaşmalarla bizi rahat­
latmışlardı. Yani biz kız arkadaşla­
rımızla "sisterslarımızla" çok ra­
hat bir dostluk kurduk. Arada flört
de oluyordu. Hatta bizim sınıftan 4
kişi birbirleriyle evlendi. Ama çok
rahat, temiz ilişkilerdi. Bu bizi ce­
miyete, senin dediğin gibi sosyal
hayata çok alıştırdı. Galiba biraz
değişti işler. Şimdi çok daha rahat­
lar. Aynı çatı altında okuyorlar.
N.E.- Tabii, şimdi kız-erkek lisesi ol­
manın bir takım farklılıkları ve avan­
tajları da var. Gerçi zorlukları da olu­
yor mu, ona tam cevap veremiyorum.
A.K.- Kolejdeyken nelerle meşgul
oldun? Derslerin iyi miydi?
N.E.- Derslerim iyiydi. Çünkü o za­
manlar pek fazla sosyal faaliyetim
yoktu. Birkaç kulübe üye oluyordum.
Ancak lisede, voleybol oynamaya
başladım, lise 1 ve 2'de. O zaman
sporda popüler oldum. Dersim iyiydi.
Özellikle matematiğim. Ezber dersini
sevmezdim.
A.K.- Güzel kızların matematik ile
aralarının iyi olduğunu az gördüm.
....Mankenliğe nasıl başladın?
N.E.- O zamanlar boyum uzadı. Spor
faaliyetleri derken, lise sonda ilk
mankenlik denememi yaptım. Lise
sonun bitmesine birkaç ay kalmıştı.
Hatta tedirgin oluyordum. Acaba ters
var mı?
N.E.- Olabilir. Ama yaptığımı şu an­
da oturtayım ondan sonra. Yavaş ya­
vaş ilerleyeceğim. Ben mankenliği
kendim için meslek olarak görmüyo­
rum. Bence bir zevk, bir hobi olmalı.
Çünkü belirli bir süresi var. İnsan
80'ine, 90'ına kadar mankenlik yapa­
maz. Ancak tavsiye ederim, çok
zevkli. Değişik insanlarla tanışma,
değişik ortamlarda bulunma, değişik
ülkelere gitme imkânı doğuyor.
A.K.- Eğitime devam etmek şart.
N.E.- Eğitim kesinlikle şart. Hatta,
mankenlik yapmayı hedef edenler
için bile... Çünkü, mankenlik Türki­
ye'de kalan bir şey değil. Yurt dışına
gittiğimizde de ben biraz fazla milliyetçiyimdir, Türk olmakla gurur du­
yarım. Yurt dışında size "Ahmet
efendi, Neşe hanım" ya da "manken"
diye değil, "Türk" diye bakıyorlar.
Ve Türk'lere bakış açıları, yanlış yo­
rumlara açacak şekilde ya da önyargı­
lı oldukları için aşırı özen gösterme­
miz gerekiyor inancındayım. Yani,
Türkiye'yi tanıtıcı, onların yanlış yo­
rumlarını yıkıcı davranışlarda bu­
lunmamız lazım. O yüzden manken­
lerin de kültürlü olması gerektiğine
inanıyorum. En azından lisan bilmeli.
A.K.- Kolej yılları çok güzel gün­
lerdi. Sağlam arkadaşlıklarımız
orada kuruldu. Bizim sınıf ünlü bir
sınıftı. Bülent Ecevit. Rahşan Ecevit, Ahmet İsyan, Mehmet İsvan,
Mezun iki Kolejli Neşe Erberk ve Altemur Kılıç, Kolej'in aynı uzun yolunu paylaştılar.
karşılarlar mı, yasak mıdır bunu yap­
mak diye düşünüyordum.
A . K . - Ters karşıladılar mı?
N.E.- Karşılamadılar, çünkü hafta
sonlarına denk getirdim, okulu aksat­
mayacak şekilde. Basında da çıkma­
sına rağmen bir ters tepki görmedim.
A . K . - Kolejden sonra eğitimini
sürdürdün mü?
N.E.- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi İşletme
mezunuyum.
A . K . - İşletme Fakültesini de bitir­
mişsin. Yazık olmadı mı bu kadar
emeğe? Başka uğraşın var şimdi...
N.E.- Tam başka diyemiyorum. Şu
anda bir mankenlik Ajansım var. Ve
yöneticilik yapıyorum. Biliyorsu­
nuz, işletme çok yönlü bir meslek.
Biz reklamcılığından tutun psikoloji­
si, sosyolojisine kadar herşeyini öğ­
rendik. Ama dediğim gibi işletme yö­
neticiliği de öğrettiği için, tamamen
eğitimim dışında birşey yaptığımı
sanmıyorum.
A.K.- Başka işlere atılma ihtimalin
T
Tunç Yarman
En aşağı 2 ayda
bir buluşuruz.
N.E.-Ben de her zaman bir Kolejli ol­
maktan gurur duyuyorum. Çocukları­
mı da Kolej'e vermek isterim.
A.K.- Ben de şunu söyleyeyim. Ko­
lejli olmaktan iftihar ettiğim gibi,
senin gibi güzel ve seçkin bir insa­
nın, sadece güzel olmakla kalmayıp
akıllı başarılı bir kızın Kolejli ol­
masından dolayı iftihar ediyorum.
N . E . - Çok teşekkürler, sağolun.
ürkiye ve Avrupa Güzeli seçilen tek Kolejli, Neşe Erberk... I963'de İstanbul'da
doğdu. 1982 'de Robert Kolej'den mezun oldu. Aynı yıl, Vizon dergisinin açtığı
güzellik yarışmasında l.oldu ve zamanın büyük moda gösterisi Vizon Show'a
"Bayan Vizon" olarak katıldı. 1983 yılında, Güneş Gazetesinin organize ettiği "Tür­
kiye Güzellik Yarışması"nda ise, birinci olarak "Türkiye Güzeli" unvanını kazandı.
1984'de Türkiye Güzeli olarak Avusturya'da düzenlenen Avrupa Güzellik Yarışma­
sında ülkemizi temsil etti ve "Avrupa Güzel"i olarakyurda döndü. Eğitimini bırakma­
yan Neşe Erberk 1986'da B.Ü. İşletme Fakültesini bitirdi. Halen uluslararası moda
gösterilerine katılarak mankenlik çalışmalarını sürdüren Neşe, kurduğu Kastel
Mankenlik Ajansı 'nın yöneticiliğini de yapıyor.
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475-T
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Arçelik üretti: 475-T.
96 litre kapasiteli derin dondurucusuyla; kullanışlı,
geniş, 420 litrelik toplam iç hacmiyle; geleceğin
çizgilerini taşıyan tasarımıyla,
"soğuk duvar"
teknolojisinin ürünü, üstün buzdolabı.
475-T. Sizin için, gelecekten. Arçelik'ten.
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New Buildings
Named
The RC Building Campaign, which
was launched with a spectacular din­
ner where 385 million T L . was raised
in one night two years ago, recently in­
cluded another memorable dinner at
BT. The occasion highlighted just how
far the building campaign had come in
a very short time.
The following donors were awarded
commemorative plaques for contri­
buting $30 000 ormore, to the building
fund. Designated areas in the new
buildings will carry their names.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Mr. and Mrs. John Guest
Mr. and Mrs.Rodney Wagner
Dr.Timothy Childs
Alumni Association, Istanbul
Alumni Association, New York
Yapı ve Kredi Bankası
Morgan Guaranty
•
•
•
•
•
•
Aı çelik
Cem Boyner
Eczacıbaşı
Ömer Dinçkök
Halis Komili
Uluslararası End ve Tic Bankası
Feyyaz Berker, Suna Kıraç,
Rodney Wagner
Furthermore, the two single largest
cash gifts were announced as 685 mil­
lion T L . by the KOÇ Foundation and
520 million T L . by T E K F E N AS.
The Theater Building will be named
"Suna Kıraç Hall" and the Science
Building will be named "Feyyaz Ber­
ker Hall". The new buildings have
been built and will be in the process of
being equipped during the fall. Alumni
will have an opportunity to tour them at
Homecoming Day on October 22.
Official opening ceremonies will be
held when the buildings become fully
operational.
Annual Giving
Over 100 Million
TL in First Year
The Annual Giving Campaign,
launched on the 125th Anniversary of
Robert College, is here to stay. En­
couraged by the results of the first year,
in which 100 million T L . has been ex­
ceeded already, Headmaster Harry
Dawe is looking ahead: "/ am very
impressed with the loyalty and support
of RC. ACG. RA, RC Eng. RC Yuk.
alumni out there... This is just the be­
ginning..."
The Alumni and Development Office
is working to produce a list of all con­
tributors to be distributed in October.
Reunited, "red jacket" and his "little m
RA Alumni
Responsible for
Scholarships
ne must be responsible to
the future. That of course
is what this school is all
about". Thus spoke Cornelius
H.Bull. headmaster of Robert
Academy from 1960 to '66, to his
"qocuklar" who reconvened in A l ­
bert Long Hall for an old fashioned
Assembly this past May. The occa­
sion was the highlight among a
week long series of 125th Anniver­
sary events in the spring, when Mr.
Bull revisited RC as the guest of his
former students. The week not only
O
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F U N D RAISING
"Its your affection and love
we cherish. Investing in hu­
man beings... they'll carry
and support those who come
after you. To raise money for
continuous scholarships to
RC students in the name of
your past teachers is a won­
drous thing to do and an
honor to those teachers."
strengthened old ties among the grad­
uates of the late sixties, but also re­
newed the bond between those alum­
ni and today's Robert College by the
establishment of a continuing scho­
larship scheme.
It was an emotional moment indeed
when the "red jacket" as his students
fondly refer to him, stood on the stage
that spring morning. "You have no
idea" said Bull, "how it feels standing
up here and looking at all of you
again, remembering the little munchkins that sat there twenty five years
ago." Joking about feeling like the fa­
ther of the Turkish banking system,
and the curious relationship between
academic and professional skills (as
the "çift dikiş" students appeared to
have become more successful by re­
Among the teachers being
honored through scholar­
ships is CH Bull himself.
The following scholarships
have been established start­
ing with the academic year
'89-'90:
RA'62 pledged 1 Scholar­
ship, yet to be named
RA '63 pledged 1 Scholar­
ship, yet to be named,
RA '64 pledged 3 Scholar­
ships in the name of CH
Bull
RA '65 pledged 6 Scholar­
ships, 2 in the name of
Münir Aysu, 1 Faruk Kur­
tuluş, 1 Rıdvan Tezel, 1
Peter Kuniholm. 1 CH
Bull
RA '66 pledged 3 Scholarships' in the
names of CH Bull, Münir Aysu and
Ziya Akan
RA '67 pledged 1 Scholarship in the
name of deceased classmate Aydın Ke­
tenci
RA '68 pledged 2 Scholarship in the
name of Behçet Kemal Çağlar
peating a year!), Bull added, "What
more can I ask? You are all doing
things we hoped you would do in all
walks of life...."
Commenting on the benefits of a Ro­
bert College education he talked about
tuitions. "Tuition is a quantifiable
thing. It's the price of your education.
But the value of your education is some­
thing else. The value of what happened N.Bullatthe
to you here on this campus ramified in
your lives..." As for campuses, Bull re­
marked "We accept the fact that there
has to be change... The spirit has not
changed essentially. When Cyrus
Hamlin came in 1863 who knows what
he envisioned?... They say that the Ro­
bert College spirit now lives in Arnavutkoy. No it does not... It lives in our
hearts."
R C Q , F A L L 1989
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BT Bar
FACULTY
Son yıllarda
daha yumuşadığımı
söylüyorlar
Dört kuşak RC'lilere heyecanlı sa- I miştim, Kolej'e tayinim çıktı.
atler yaşatan ve bu yıl emekliye ayrı­
Eİ- Okulun o günlerdeki havası ile
lan Coğrafya öğretmeni Fatma Basonraki yılları kıyaslar mısınız?
nat ile öğrencilerinden Evin IlyasoğFB- Hüseyin Pektaş, okula yeni gelen
lu ACG'66 konuştu. Görüşmeden
hocayı diğerlerine tanıştırırdı. Aile
sonra Ilyasoğlu, "her ne kadar mezun
havası vardı. Dersim bitince eve git­
olsam da titredim" dedi...
mek istemezdim. Amerikalı-Türk ho­
ca diye bir ayırım yoktu. En sevdiğim
müdür, Maggart'tı. Aile havası gide­
Evin İlyasoğlu- Coğrafya öğret­
rek kayboldu.
meni olmayı nasıl seçtiniz?
Fatma Banat- Fransız mektebinde
Eİ-'46'dan '88'e kadar aynı ortam­
okuduktan sonra "hariciyeci" olmak
da, yaklaşık dört ayrı kuşağın hoistiyordum. Annem Ankara'ya gön­
casıymışsınız. Bu sürede Türkiye'
dermedi. Çeşitli fakülteleri denedim.
nin geçirdiği sosyal, kültürel deği­
En son Coğrafya'ya karar verdim.
şim öğrencilerinize nasıl yansıdı?
Pangaltı Lisesindeki bir yıllık hoca­
FB- Ben '59 ve '60 sınıflarını ideal
lığın ardından, ki, o yaşımda benimle
bulurum. Reyhan Erez'ler, Suna
yaşıt erkek öğrencileri yola getir­
Koç'lar falan. Saygı, efendilik, kül-é"
"Aynı disiplini
muhafaza ettim
ama giderek
tecrübe de
kazandım"
tür, çalışkanlık hepsi tamamdı. Son­
ra zenginleşen ailelerin değişik ço­
cukları gelmeye başladı. Eskiden ha­
ta yapan çocuğun ailesi gelip özür di­
lerdi. Giderek "çocuğuma nasıl ceza
verirsin" diyen aile ortaya çıktı. Sür­
tüşmeler, danıştaylar... İşi o hale ge­
tirmemek lâzım.
Eİ- Sizin danıştay ile hiç sorununuz
oldu mu?
FB- Bir defa. Yeni zengin bir ailenin
çocuğu bir türlü 5.5 alamıyordu. Ken­
dilerine göre iltimasla kâğıdı tashih
RCQ,
FALL 1989
25
ettirdiler. O çocuk zaten okuyamadı.
Eİ- Sizin öğrenciniz olup da dersi­
nizden anısı olmayan hiçbir Kolejli
düşünemiyorum, özellikle disiplin
konusunda. Nasıl korudunuz nesil­
ler boyu aynı ciddi temponuzu?
FB- Önsezilerim çok kuvvetlidir.
Dikkatli olduğum için karşımdakinden de aynı dikkati bekledim. Sigara
içen öğrencinin kokusunu alır,fısıldaşmalan duyar, hazırlanmamış öğ­
renciyi yüzünden okurdum. Çocuğun
halet-i ruhiyesini sınıfa girince anlar­
dım. Erzurum-Kars yaylasında sığır­
ların beslenmesini anlatıyordum.
Baktım Zeren Soyak.... hayallerde.
"Zeren, siz neredesiniz?" dedim. "Er­
zurum-Kars yaylasında efendim" de­
mez mi? Gülmekten kıyamet koptu.
Eİ- Siz de güldünüz mü efendim?
FB- Evet, güldüm tabii. Ben hiçbir
zaman çocuklarla aramda bir müna­
kaşa ortamı yaratmadım. Azardan,
bağırmaktan hoşlanmayan çocuğu
hiç bir zaman zorlamadım. Disiplinle
de üstlerine gitmedim. Aslında ders
dışında her nesil ile arkadaştık. Pik­
nik yapar, yazlan gezilere giderdik.
Eİ- '72 den sonra gelen erkek öğ­
renciler değişik oldu mu?
FB- Hayır, çünkü onlar daha önceden
ciddi hoca olduğumu duymuş, korka­
rak geliyorlardı. İkinci dönem hepsi
daha rahatlıyordu.
Eİ- Şu anda sizi hiç tanımamış, yep­
yeni bir sınıfla derse girseniz nasıl
davranırsınız?
FB- Yine aynı disiplin içinde. Son
yıllarda daha yumuşadığımı söylü­
yorlar. Kendini ve oğlunu okuttuğum
bir öğrencim, "zamanında siz neydi­
niz, şimdi ne olmuşsunuz?" dedi.
Eİ- Genç öğretmenlere öğütleriniz
neler?
FB- Önce Atatürk ilkelerine bağlılık;
mesleği çok sevmek; öğrenci ile kar­
şılıklı sevgi, saygı kurmak. Ben hep
"siz" diye hitap etmişimdir öğrenci­
me. Saygı karşılıklıdır.Ders vermek
değil, bütünüyle örnek olmalıdır bir
hoca. Giyimine, kuşamına, davranı­
şına dikkat etmelidir.Ben hep sa.de ve
temiz giyinmeye özen gösterdim.
Eİ- Dünyanın her yerine yayılmış
öğrencileriniz var. Onlarla nasıl
bir ilişki içindesiniz?
FB- Her zaman beni ararlar. Geçen
yıl hastalandım, çok kişi geldi ziyare­
time... Avrupa'ya gidince ben de on­
larla görüşüyorum. Ama Amerika'ya
gidemedim hala. Uçaktan korkuyo­
rum, binemiyorum.
REUNIONS
A,
.fter 40 years, the
graduates of A C G and
RC came back to their
Alma Mater on May 31,
1989 to celebrate the past
and try to build new ties
for the future.
Haldun Dormen.
despite his busy
schedule, and Ayten
(Kefeli) Kutucu were
kind enough to accept to
be the masters of
ceremonies. Haldun
suggested that they have
a slide projection of
world events of 1949
together with college life
anectodes as they
remembered them. Şakir
Eczacıbaşı took the
trouble of researching old
copies of newspapers for
interesting happenings of
1949. Özer Esen helped
with sending invitation
letters to graduates living
in and out of Turkey.
forty years. So they
better value it
accordingly". Ahmet
Kutman (class of 63)
of Doluca kindly
prepared special
wines for '49
graduates. Noyan
Yiğit of Günaydın
newspaper generously
provided the program
booklets,
photographers, and
video tapes of the
day. Last but by no
means least, two
million liras were
"Now I feel
at home"
Spiro
Eksopulos
'49 travelling
all the way
from Greece
for the
ceremony,
put on his
graduation
cap and
declared
"Swallows
fly thousands
of kilometers
to get home.
Now 1 feel at
home. "
After a lot of
negotiations, talks over
lunches and telephone
calls, the program was
decided on for the
celebration day. At six
p.m on the day of the
Reunion, school
photographs as well as a
newsletter were on the
billboard in Marble Hall
where everyone met for
cocktails. Then the class
proceeded to "Bizim
Tepe" for dinner and
entertainment. They
RCQ,
received their fortieth
year diplomas with
pleasure. Ayfer (Doğan)
Neyzi said: "It took us
eight years to get the^
first one. The
second one
came after
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REUNIONS
collected to endow two
seats in the new theater
for RC and A C G '49.
Including those who
came from Greece, Israel,
U S A and izmir-together
with wives, husbands and
dear friends, there were a
hundred and forty people
in all, having fun, singing
college songs, meeting
old friends, forgetting the
years and feeling young
at heart, they promised
each other to meet again
on the fiftieth reunion,
hopefully with no one
missing!..
•50
c
lass of '50 had its
39th Reunion on the 9th
of June at Bizim Tepe.
This year their offsprings
were also invited to the
dinner party, to show
them, that they are still
young in spirit with their
own contemporaries.
RCQ,
The youngest of the
children was Küçük Cahit
Davran who Is with some
of the Boys of '50.
(standing) Orhan
Azizoğlu, Rıfat Amado.
, Uluer Bilgen, Ercüment
Seber, Turhan Göker,
Mehmet Turla, Turgut
Atakan, Cahit Davran,
Nüvit Numoğlu,
(sitting) İrfan Gücüm,
Behram Karaca and Nur
Yalman.
F A L L 1989
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T,
his year the class of
'53 enjoyed a jubilant
36th anniversary
celebration. Enthusiasm
was such that they
resolved to repeat the
event every year, so the
37th anniversary is due,
soon.
REUNIONS
Thirty-five is the
mid-point of life. Like
Dante we are half-way
through." This popular
quotation from Cahit
Sıtkı Tarancı was on
everyone's lips at the '61
and '62 reunion
organized on June 24 by
Ünver Boduroğlu. These
two classes were on
memorably good terms,
with many firm
friendships between
them, described by Mr.
Bull as "çift dikişli."
Ünver Boduroğlu said
that they wanted all the
friends who celebrated
their 35th and 36th
anniversaries of
graduation. The evening
began with a cocktail and
continued with a buffet
supper. A l l present
enjoyed reminiscing and
recollecting.
ACG'64
k
Forty fiveACG'64
graduates celebrated the
twenty-fifth anniversary
of their graduation with a
picnic on the Plateau on
June 10. The picnickers
went on to Bizim Tepe,
where they enjoyed a
mini-concert by Fiisun
(neeBirol) Birced of
songs she learned in
Bolivia. Even after dinner
on the Bosphorus and 12
uninterrupted hours
together, the participants
in the reunion were
reluctant to part, and
we hope they enjoy
many more 25-year
get-to'gethers!
heir plans to
celebrate the 25th
anniversary of
the RA'64 graduate class
germinated two years
ago. The reunion on July
8 surpassed expectations
with nearly 50%
attendance of 70 people
out of 148. Invitations
were extended to
everyone, whether they
had joined the school in
1956 or just spent one
year in the graduating
class. They were together
from 17.30 until 02.00 in
the morning, the first few
hours devoted to the hard
task of trying to recognise
one another after so long.
On occasions old school
friends were heard trying
to convince one another
of their identities, the
years had changed some
REUNIONS
their lives and that they
still felt ties of great
affection for the country.
The tireless organisers
started making their
preparations 1,5 years in
advance and held 4-5
preliminary meetings. To
ensure that the night was
one to remember, they
had special T-shirts
printed with a 1960's
'Kilroy'joke on it and
commemorative ties were
ordered from Italy as a
gift to each participant. In
addition amusing
individual gifts were
prepared inspired by the
character of each person.
A l l agreed that the effort
was well worth it and
recommended that other
classes follow suit.
people so much. It
was not long
however, before
everyone relaxed
into the old friendly
atmosphere and
jokes were flying
about. Nostalgia
was rife, enhanced
by the presence of
Neil Bull and his
wife, who tearfully
recalled that their
years in Turkey had
been the happiest of
RCQ,
F A L L 1989
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ACG'69
heir 20th reunion
T
started with a picnic on ,
the plateau on June 17.
Teachers and friends
were invited too; Fatma
Banat, Dorothy İz, Selma
Sedet, Angela Roome,
Enise Önüt and Nurhayat
Abla joined them.
The organization was
perfect: Following dinner
in Marble Hall, 45 girls
stayed the night in the
dormitory. The
multivision show added
more excitement.
The following'friends
came from abroad to take
part in the 20th Reunion:
Zekiye Nayır from
Munich, Sake;
Akkibrityan from Paris,
Ayşe Sutuver Roy from
London, Işın Cemil
Ramadan from Girne and
Mari Laskaridu from
Athens.
REUNIONS
Since the school term
was over, the buildings
were left to them
altogether and they spent
the night talking and
laughing. In the morning
they received a
telephone call from three
classmates in Montreal:
Sylvia Mostiçyan, Mari
Kamber and Ayla
Ozgunes had come
together to send them
their best.
After breakfast they
parted reluctantly to go
home with rather red
rimmed eyes.
RA'69
R A 69 graduates got
together on the Paradise
cruise boat on the
evening of June 10. As
the boat sailed up the
Bosphorus and back,
they enjoyed an
exuberant night
including music provided
by the original members
of the one and only
Renkler band of that
RC'72
Meetings of Graduates in Ankara
With the initiation of A C G graduates of
mainly 1950's, A C G Graduates started to
get together once a month since,
December'88. The first meeting was held
on December 17, 1988 to have a lunch.
On December 30, 1988, new year
cocktail party was arranged by Nuran
Terzioglu at Urart Galeri.
Some of the Graduates of A C G , RA and
RC living in Ankara were present there to
see each other.Specially A C G graduates
have been interested to come together on
the first Saturday of each month. These
lunches were taken on March 4th, April
lst,-May 13th, June 10th of 1989.The
elected representatives of each decade
since nineteen thirties are Piraye
Cerrahoğlu '33, İffet Arslan '43, Ülkü
Sürenkök '57, Nuran Terzioğlu '62, Eren
Artu '77. The main purpose of these
meetings is to see each other, to have a
chat and to give financial support to the
Alumni Association of the American
Colleges
RCQ,
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F
irst Alumni of
coeducational Robert
College, members of the
class of '72, living in
Ankara, met at Best Otel
on May 12, 1989. When
the closing time of "Mavi
Salon" of Best Otel was
reached, the party was
extended at the flat of
Ruşen Eşref Yazgan
in the first party of the
class of 72 in Ankara. The
party was arranged by
Coşkun and Melek and
participated by Yaşar,
Lale, Mustafa, Fatma
(Duruş), Meral, Nükhet,
Müjdat, Perihan, Elife and
Ruşen Eşref.
The mutual decision was
to meet more frequently
with the participation of
other class mates.
RC79
till early hours of the next
day.
There were so many
things to be remembered
together:
Friends, activities and
social life during the last
school year at Robert
College, and wives,
husbands to be introduced
to each other.
A l i Kırmızıoğlu RA 71,
Tayfur Daldal RA 70
(husband of Lale
"Çankaya") and Ufuk
Serdaroğlu R C 7 3 joined
G r a d u a t e s of 1979
got together for their
10th reunion on June
16th at Bizim Tepe.
After the pool-side
dinner, they danced the
night away to disco
music.
71 Beats 72
On a cloudy Saturday morning. May 27, 1989, 71
and 72 graduates played an unforgettable football
match on campus. Mr. Miinir Aysu, the recently
retired but always cherished RC Turkish teacher,
started the game with the ceremonial kick off. For
the first time, after 18 years. 71 graduates were
able to beat the 72 graduates by a score of 5-3.
Families and friends of both sides watched the
game with great interest and enjoyed the afternoon
with a picnic following the game. Both sides
decided to have a re-match in the fall.
HOMECOMING 89
Sunday, October 22
Invitations are on their way
A d v a n c e Notice:
Reunion Weekend October 21, 22
to Celebrate
the 30th Anniversary
of the Classes of 59
( A C G , 59 RC, 59 RC Eng)
Saturday October 21
Dinner: Bizim Tepe 8 pm.
Sunday October 22
Join in the Homecoming Day Festivities
on campus
R C Q , FALL 1989 31
A L U M N I NEWS
Ayşe İlgaz Carden ACG 63
After graduating from
Agnes Scott College in
1966, Ayşe İlgaz C a r d e n
received her doctorate
from Emory College, a n d
then returned to Agnes
Scott where
her former
headmistress
at A C G ,
Dr.Simms,
was the
dean. She
pursued an
a c a d e m i c career in
psychology. She has
b e c o m e the head of the
Psychology Department,
where another RC
graduate Zeynep Yalım'86
is presently a senior. Ayşe
hopes to hear from
friends.
Address: Agnes Scott
College, Decatur, G A
30030 USA
Tel: (404) 371 6231
Maya Karaca ACG'64
After 15 years of business
in New York, M a y a Karaca
is calling Rome home
these days. She has set up
an international trade
consulting firm a n d
launched into a heavy
scheduled activity. For
new or existing business
either with Italy or with the
Commemoration Night
for Çiğdem Talu
ACG'58
The members of the
former Hisseli Harikalar
musical company
gathered at Bizim Tepe in
tribute to Çiğdem Talu,
who was loved and
respected throughout
the music world for her
kindness and courtesy,
by singing a selection of
songs for which Çiğdem
Talu had written lyrics.
world using Italy as a
springboard, get in touch
with M a y a at:
Emix International
Via Vittorio Emanuele
Orlando, 75
00184 Roma Italia
Tel: 481 88 80
Fax: 475 65 00
create educational books
In a c c o r d a n c e with the
special needs of Turkish
children, but also her
commitment to choose
themes that emphasize
building friendship a n d
protecting the
enviroiment.
Kahraman Erciyes RA'65
He graduated from the
Department of Diplomacy
a n d International
Relations at Ankara
Faculty of Political Science
in 1969. He has been
working at IBM Türk Ltd.
istanbul, since 1972,
currently serving as
Planning Manager.
Married in 1976, he has a
son (13), a n d a daughter
(9).
Address: Çolak ismail sok.
Kırmızı çıkmazı. No. 1/23
Suadiye/İST.
Tel: (work) 1512838
(home) 3722651
Evin İlyasoğlu ACG'66
"I want to produce high
quality, easy-to-watch
programs",
says Evin
ilyasoğlu,
whose
musical
career
started at
the a g e of
7 when she learned to
play the piano. She
studied music at istanbul
Municipal Conservatory for
seven years a n d spent two
years doing music history
courses at Michigan
University. In 1983, she was
a p p r o a c h e d by Turkish
Television Corporation to
present music
programmes a n d a c t as
musical advisor, She has
written (and still writes)
articles on music, a n d
teaches history of music at
Boğaziçi University. Her
most recent achievement
is completion of her book
entitled "Cumhuriyet'ten
Bu Yana Çok Sesli
Müziğimizden 25 Besteci",
on Turkish polyphonic
music which she has b e e n
working on for some time.
Address: M a y a sitesi Blok
11 D.6 Etiler, istanbul
Tel: (home) 165 65 54
(work) 132 99 30-130 06 80
Can Gdknil ACG'66
The World Children's Day
Committee, which is
m a d e up of children from
10 different countries, has
selected Mrs.Goknil. The
presentation took p l a c e
during the World
Children's Day
celebrations at the United
Nations General Assembly
on Sunday, April 23,1989.
The Golden Balloons are
a w a r d e d by children to
individuals who have
greatly countributed to
children's well-being in the
areas of Art, Science,
Social Activities, a n d
P e a c e Education. The
W C D Committee
members selected her not
only because of her
continuous dedication to
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Güzin Karahan Yalın RC 75,
Tuygan Yalın RC'71
They h a d a b a b y
daughter. Pelin, in April;
1989. Güzin, who received
her B.A. degree in
marketing from Boğaziçi
University, is now working
at ITT Bilka as the Public
Relations a n d Advertising
Manager. After obtaining
his B.S. degree in
Chemical Engineering
from the University of
istanbul, Tuygan got an
M.S. degree in the same
field from Drexel University
in Philadelphia. He is
currently the Assistant
General Manager in
charge of production at
Sifar Pharmachemicals.
Address: Uçaksavar sitesi
Koçyiğitler sok. Boğaz apt.
D.7 Etiler, istanbul
Tel: (home) 165 54 73
Leyla Özcengiz İsmier
ACG'72
She Is from the class that
graduated immediately
after RC merged with
A C G . She got her degree
from the istanbul
A c a d e m y of Commercial
Sciences, Department of
Business Administration in
1976. Although she started
her writing career, in 1973,
in the field of translation,
she later stepped into
journalism at Hürriyet. She
also served on Milliyet,
Güneş a n d Hürgün.
Presently working for
Hürriyet, she is the editor of
the Kelebek, daily
supplement a n d the
Hürriyet Weekly Magazine.
She is also a columnist for
Kelebek. She is married to
a captain in the merchant
navy who is currently
working as a captain on
the Bosphorus.
Address: Kelebek Gazetesi
Molla Feniri sok. 30/32
Cağaloğlu, istanbul
Tel: 511 89 50-511 70 83
Nilgün Ereken Tümer '74
"Plant architect" would
best describe Nilgün
Ereken Turner's profession
to a layman. With a PhD in
biochemistry, she heads a
genetic engineering
project to produce virusfree plants. Dr.Tümer
hopes to be able to supply
farmers with "superseed"
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guaranteed disease-proof
in the next d e c a d e . A n d
not only increase yield by
90% but also make the use
of economic poisons
redundant.
Tel: (314) 537 6226
Sevil Elçin Kızılok 76
After graduating from
Çapa Medical Faculty in
1982 she did two years
e a c h compulsory service
at Bursa Uludağ University
a n d istanbul University.
Since early 1987 she has
been a resident in
pediatry at istanbul
Medical Faculty.
Sevil is very happy in her
chosen career, but
hopes to see
improvements in hospital
conditions. Her son,
Alptekin is 9 years old.
Address: Bahriye c a d .
No. 139 Kat: 7/19,
Kasımpaşa, istanbul
Tel: 154 17 30
1989 GRADUATES
WHO HAVE RECEIVED
ACCEPTENCES FROM
US UNIVERSITIES
Rengin Karahan '76
She graduated in
management from
Boğaziçi University in 1980,
a n d went on to take an
MA in social psychology in
Italy. She c o n d u c t e d a
research study on a
cultural comparison of
Turkish a n d Italian working
class children.
She worked as a manager
in the training department
of Nasaş for 1,5 years, a n d
is presently the training
manager at R a m a d a .
Address: Nispetiye c a d .
Meydan apt. D.17, Etiler
Tel: 164 76 45
Nedim Ölçer '76
After graduating in
economics from
Middlebury College a n d
Johannes Gutenberg
Universitaet, Ölçer
received an MBA in
finance a n d International
business from Columbia
University. There after he
worked for Citibank New
York a n d Citibank istanbul
where he met his wife,
Engin Özkaraca 75. Prior
to joining the Edpa Group
as Group Financial
Coordinator he worked for
Manufacturers Honnover
Trust in istanbul. Ölçer has
recently b e e n appointed
Assistant General
Manager responsible for
the international
marketing a n d operations
departments at
Uluslararası Endüstri ve
Ticaret Bank. He has two
children Ceylan (4) a n d
C e m (6 months).
Address: Hdsrevgerede
c a d . No. 106/5 Teşvikiye,
istanbul
Tel: (work) 174 20 00
Mustafa Kemal Abadan'77
He has been persuing his
architectural career for
the past 6 years, in New
York at the architectural
firm of SOM were he has
b e c o m e a Senior Designer
a n d Associate partner of
the firm. Most notable
a m o n g the recent
projects he has been
involved in is the first
mosque in NY City. Islamic
Center which is currently
under costruction
has been
designed as a
synthesis of
traditional
Islamic massing
a n d modern
construction
tecniques a n d
methods. As a result the
mosque while returning
the symbolism of form
strongly suggests its
construction at the
second half of the 20th
century.
Address: SOM 220 East
42 str. New York, NY 10017
USA
Tel: (work) (212) 309 9500
Tarık M.Bayazit79
After studying mechanical
engineering a n d business
in the US c a m e back to
Turkey in 1986. He is
presently working for
Arçelik A.Ş.
Address: Harzemşah Sok.
No.12/5 Şişli, istanbul
Tel: (work) 156 49 90 (9)
(home) 131 71 19
Seda (Tümay) Binbaşgil79
Hakan Binbaşgil'79
Seda got her BA in
Business Administration
from Boğaziçi University.
Later she obtained her
MBA degree from
Louisiana State University
at Baton Rouge. Currently,
Seda is working as an
assistant brand manager
at Procter & G a m b l e ,
Turkey (Mintax A.Ş.). After
obtaining his BS in
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mechanical engineering
from Boğaziçi University
a n d getting his MBA a n d
MS in Finance, he joined
Arthur Anderson,
Managment Consultancy
Division, a n d worked in the
London office. In 1988, he
transferred to the Istanbul
office.
Address: Fuatpaşa sok.
Yoğurtçubaşı çıkmazı 4/13
81030 Dalyan, istanbul
Tel: 358 27 27
Atıl Kayhan 79
He got his BS in
Mechanical Engineering
from Boğaziçi University in
1983. He then received an
MS in Mechanical
Engineering (1984) a n d
another MS in Industrial
Engineering (1986,
Engineering M a n a g e m e n t
Program) from University
of Pittsburgh, where he
also worked as Teaching
Fellow a n d Research
Assistant. His MS thesis on
computer modelling has
been published in a
respectable international
journal.
Presently, he works for
Otosan A.Ş, as a Project
Engineer. Atıl welcomes
challenging job offers
from growth-oriented
companies.
Address: K.Karabekir Paşa
sok, incesu Apt, No. 19
D.20 Erenköy, istanbul
Tel: (home) 360 78 71
Dilek Taşkıran '81 married
Coşkun insel on June 8,
1989.
Nedim Karakurt '81
married Esin Aslan on
June 29, 1989.
Fatihcan Atay '81 a n d
Zeynep Güçbilmez '85
were married on July 5,
1989.
Serdar Angın 81
Serdar got his BS in
Engineering from Boğaziçi
University in 1985 with high
honors. Later, he received
his MBA from Dartmouth
College In New
Hampshire, as a fulbright
scholar in 1988. Currently,
he is working for the
International Finance
Department of Enka
Holding.
Elif Sincanlı 82
After graduation, she
went to Ohio to the
College of Wooster. She
majored in Economics
a n d Business
Administration. She c a m e
back to Turkey in 1986 a n d
b e g a n her career in Yapı
Kredi, at Capital Markets
Division. After about two
years, she d e c i d e d to
continue working in
another field, a n d thought
Unilever world be a g o o d
p l a c e to start a new
career.
While working at Unilever
however, she realized that
she liked banking too
much and a c c e p t e d the
post offered by T. Emlak
Bank. Since then, she is at
Emlak, working as a
mutual funds manager.
She will be g l a d to help
anybody who needs
consultancy in Investment
decisions.
Mihail Rodionof RC 82
He is currently working as
audit assistant at the
istanbul branch of Arthur
Young, an international
accounting a n d auditing
firm, which is run by Alp
Bayülken RC'63. Mihail
received his BA in Business
Administration from
Boğaziçi University in 1987
a n d went off to sunny
izmit for his military service.
After completing his
service, he joined Arthur
Young in April a n d is
working with two other
fellow RC'82 graduates:
Eray Yalçın a n d Tunç
Geçgil. (Tunç is presently
at the C h i c a g o Office of
Arthur Young
International.)
Cüneyt Evirgen '82 married
Güniz Karakışla on July 4,
1989.
Ani Kuyumcuyan
Antreasyan 82
She completed her BA in
Business Administration at
Boğaziçi University in '86.
She then got married a n d
started living in the US. For
the past three years she
has been working at the
Metropolitan Museum of
Art as a manager in the
Dept. of Special
Exhibitions. She was
involved in the designing
of the gift shop at the
recent "Süleyman"
exhibition.
Friends may get in touch
with her at the Retail Sales
Dept., Metropolitan
Museum of Art. 5th
Av.82ndSt.l New York, NY
10028.
Esra Alpaytaç '83
Esra got her BA from
Boğaziçi University Political
Science Department In
1988. She is currently
working towards her MBA
at Georgeown University,
Washington D C , which
she will complete in 1990.
She worked as a trainee at
ADDRESS
Procter 8c G a m b l e in
Turkey this summer. She is
back to USA to complete
the requirements for her
degree,
OBITUARIES
Tayfun Cimilli RA'63
Prof, Dr.Tayfun Cimilli
RC'63 passed a w a y in
June 1989. He is survived
by his wife Rengin Cimilli
a n d children Berke a n d
Serra.
Metin Alath RA 64
Born in istanbul in 1943,
Alatli graduated from
Robert A c a d e m y in 1964,
from istanbul University
Faculty of Dentistry in
1976, a n d from the
Institute of Oncology in
1977. He married
Dog.Dr.Canan Alatli
(Yolalan) a pathologist in
1971.Metin Alatli received
a PhD in pathology in 1982
a n d b e c a m e an assistant
professor in 1985, He died
of cardiogenic shock, a n d
is survived by his wife a n d
10-year old son Yahm.A
passionate music lover,
Metin used to play the
guitar in the RC orchestra
a n d for many years
played the organ for the
Silhouettes b a n d .
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TEST
1. An RC necktie is crimson and
blue. What would you think these
two colors represent?
a. Prejudice and Pride
b. Pleasure and Treasure
c. High capital and surplus value
d. Cercis siliquastrum (erguvan)
and the Bosphorus
2. The sweatshirt one wears ge­
nerally indicates one's favorite
pastime, feeling, nickname, hero
or totem. What, would you
imagine, is usually printed on an
RC'ate's sweatshirt?
a. Et Piuribus Unum
b. Homo Homini Robertus
c. I'd give anything to become a
glitterato
d. I pledge to give
TL
for the year 1989.
3. And what would you find on
the back of the same RC'ate's
sweatshirt?
a. I'm the champ.
b. Homo Homini Lupus
c. I turned out to be a literati
d. Oh! Not again!
4. Who is the "literati emeritus"
that coined "glitterati and litera­
ti"?
a. Tunç Yalman
b. Gary Glitter
c. Talat Halman
d. Muammer Parlak
"Glitterati
and
literati"
The terms "glitterati and
literati" happened to get
coined.in at an RC
occasion at Bizim Tepe
recently... For "who coined
them"please consult
question number 4 below...
Among the alumni, he said,
you can only find two types:
Either the glittering rich, the
glitterati, or many
glamorous figures of
Turkish literature and
theater, the literati...
Anyhow isn't it only gold in
one's guts that glitters, real
or fanciful?..
7. Who was the spirited princi
pal of RC between 1956 and
1961?
a. Mr. Black
b. Mr. Scott
c. Mr. Ballantine
d. Mr. Walker
5. What Shakespearean literati
title has been given to the annual
RC summer ball? (The last one
was held on July 27,1989.)
a. Taming of the Shrew
b. Much Ado About Nothing
c. The Merchant of the Bosphorus
d. A Midsummer Night's Dream
6. Can you identify the glitterata
below?
a. Miss Bums
b. Suna Kan
c. Suna Kıraç
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8. And who is this glamorous
"he" among the RC literati?
a. Ömer Kavur
b. Genco Erkal
c. Engin Cezzar
d. Orhan Pamuk
9. Which tale would you think
will live endlessly with an RC'ate?
a. Tale of Two Cities (Istanbul
and New York)
b. Treasure Island
c. Hansel and Gretel
d. Rapunsel
10. "The devil himself, "A ma­
terialist who believes in myths",
"May be a future Conrad", "A
positive genius"... These are some
of the various opinions about a li­
terato from the 1947 Record. Can
you identify him among the four
below?
a. Selçuk Gerede
b. Nevra Şirvan Serezli
c. A l i Neyzi
d. Refik Erduran
Answers: 1) d, 2) No comment,
3) Still no comment, 4) c, 5) d,
6)c, 7) c, 8) a, b, c,d9) ?, 10) d.
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